Absorbent-bandage package



-E. M'. POND.

ABsoRBENT BANDAGE PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-3,1919. V

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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` Application led- January 3; ,1919; Sera12`Nol12695469.

T all whom t may cow-em.'

residing at Rutland, countyi ofv Rutland,

State of Vermont, j have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Absorbent- Bandage Packages, of 'which the following isa specification. 1j. 1

My invention relates to the formationfand. packaging of absorbent Abandages suchfas plaster. .of ParisV bandageswhich fmust 'be evenly 'and quickly moistened before appli-V prepared, stored and shipped .in rolls. The

cation. Bandages' of this type are usually bandage is composedV of ya longstrip of gauge, cheesecloth, ,or Aother; .loose meshed textile mater1al,1nto the interstices 'of which Vas much dry plaster of Paris or other ma-j terial or composition which will harden or Seton the application. of water, is rubbed as the cloth lcan `be made to hold. -This structure must be uniformly moistened before application. The difficulty encoun- Y teredwith'theusual lroll-of bandage of this itzwill `not absorbv the wa/ter vfully in a' V,shortfperiodfof time. If the period', of

wetting.

characteris thatV ifl itis rolledfup loosely, the. dry' plaster. of, Paris falls out f during handling before use, ,while if` rolled tightly absorption is prolonged in an4 effort to com-I plete.. thev wetting vofv .such tightlyy rolled bandage, the exteriorpart; firstmoistened will begin to sety beforeunrolling and appli,- i cation, and be spoiled before-'the .innerpor tions are reached by the water. V Myinvem tion avoids both vthese conflicting' difficulties and presents other `advantages hereinafter set forth. Thebest form and Varrangement of parts embodying my invention' at present known tol ine is illustrated in the accompany? ing sheet of drawings inwhich- Figure l is a plan view of thepackage, with the cover removed,and' Y Fig. 2 isV an axial sectionthereif fwith the i cover in place and the package ready for Throughout the drawings like reference characters indicate like parts. yl', is a cy-V lindrical container,thecylindrical walls of which are preferably made of paper or other material which is greatly weakened by water so as to then be easily removed. One end is closed and may, if desired, be made of stronger material in order to preserve the shape of the package during shipment and handling. 3, is the bandage proper madek like K4materialV into the meshes of which fine, dry plaster ofnPa'ri-s or other suitablegmaterial ha'sbeenrubbed. t, is a tube, which may also be offpaper or other moisture :abv sorbing'material, which is preferably lplaced atl the center of the container,-and'about which thebandage 3,is wound spirally. 2,

vis a removable .cover which ispunctured or puncturable yat the point, so asto register f with the upperend ofthe-tube V.and afford v distributing radially thewater poured down throughtubel, and this may conveniently Y v I i of along of gauze cheesecloth .or l Be it known that I, EDMUND MORSE POND,V a citizen of the United States of America,

be v done by inserting a strip lof corrugated i materialv such as paper or pasteboard 9, under* the endv of tube 4. Other means y*for forming such channels could be substituted.k

To further insure the lrapid distribution 6, 7, 8, etc., of corrugatedmaterial may be interwound with bandage 3. These may also beof paper or other absorbent -material i of water to thebandage a series of sections y which will 'assist by itsjcapillary action. in c lifting the water tothe upper,portionI of the container., Preferably. each section of material 6,7 or i8, shouldbe long enough to vcomplete one 'spire ofthebandage spiral( at the pointwhereit is inserted, but itniay f ofcourse be shorter or longer.Av A

Inj ass-@mangue para the @verga is lirst removed, the, section 9, of; corrugated i. Vmaterial;is. placed inthe ,bottom of thecona tainer, the bandage 3,'is tightly woundon tube 4,` inserting the kcorrugated'sections 6',

7 eta, as g desired," and 'the outer, section 8,

placedfaroundlthe completed coil when its'.

diameter hasbecome suficient to llthe container. Y The -coil so prepared is then placed inthe container l, the' width of the bandage I" andvfcorrugated interwound sections vbeing each substantially equal to; the depth Vof Athe container, andthe cover 2, applied. Whenl tobe used the operator punctures the opening 5, and pours water down tube 4. Thisf vruns out through channels formed by corrugated piece 9,V and Afirst evenlyv wets `thelower edges of the coiled bandage and strips. 6, 7, 8. The water then risesin the vertical channels formed by the vertically arranged corrugations of parts 6, 7 and 8, and through the pores of the bandage and inter'- wound materials, rapidly and evenl wetting the entire bandage. If it is kdesiredto 1ooY wet the bandage very quickly the cover may be removed `and some water also. poured on the top. The water softens the'cylindrical walls of the container l, so .that they canreadily be torn away and the damp bandagev j then unrolled and wrappedaround the portionl ofthe patients body which isto be treated. In a short time fthe plaster Vof Paris will set and form a rigid casing in the usual way. f -v v v Finely pulverized, anhydrous plaster of Paris should be used vand preferably this is mixed with pulverized hard soap which vcref ates a very-even setting actionfin Ythe 'plaster of Paris, and gives bodyand strength .to Ythe material when set, so that a less vlength olf bandage is then #needed to give the same effect in holding and lsupporting the arm or -leg about which it is wound.

Not only vdoes my invention insure the prompt and even wetting of a =tightly rolled bandage but it also renders it possible to use adeiinite quantity of vwater for vthat purpose, -soY that just the rightv predetermined proportion of lwater and plaster of Paris required to "produceV perfect hydration is certainly attained. Y Y Havingdescribed'my invention, I claim: 1. An absorbent bandage package Which comprises in vcombination a cylindrical container, acentral tube, a bandage wrapped inV Y spiral vform vabout said tube', and means forV distributing liquid Vradially from the V'lower end of the tube alon fthe bottom of the containerin Contact wit the lower edge of ythe rolled bandage.A

Y. `2. A :combinationsuch as sety 'forth in claim l, in which 'the cylindrical walls of the container areV ofamaterial absorbent off liquidi and greatly :weakened thereby.

1 V'8.VA combination suchW as vset forth-in faaim i1, in which the means fsf radially distributing the water Vcomprises'aA layer of corrugated material lplaced in 'the bottom vof the 'container'. Y Y Y Y 4. An absorbent ."bandagev package Vcomprising *in combination a Vcylindrical container, abandage in said container wrapped upon itself spirally-and one or 'more strips of corrugated material wound in between one yor more of 'the spires lof the bandage.

A combination lsuch as set forth Iin Y Y "claim 4 inwhich each section of the corrugated material is long enough to complete atleast one spire whenm position.

'6. The structure set forth in claim 4 combined` with .a lining of corrugated material forr the cylindrical walls of the container.

7 A combination such as set vfonthnjinclaim 4, inwliich the interwound material is vof' `moisture" absorbent character.

8. An absorbent package which comprises in combination a cylindrical container,aV

central tube, abandage wrapped around said'tube and lsubstantially filling the -re` main'der ofthe-container, strips of -corru gatedmaterial'interwound @with the bandage, so-'that itheir 'corrugations are parallel to the -axisfof the "tube, and means lfor; distributing liquid fromv the'tubeftc said cor'- rugated material. Y

a cylindrical receptacle,closedV at 'one'end, aV tube ycentrally llocated therein, a removable cover for the receptacle .adapted toxbe punc? y -9. An absorbent V7bandage package 'YcomsoY tured in line-with thetubeto afford access j thereto without removingztlie cover, and

means for distributing liquidradiall'y from .said tube to the interior vof said receptacle: l1. Angabsorbent 'bandage `package com:

prising in `combination a 'cylinc'ir'icall con-4 j Y tainer closed at one end" 'atubecentrally 'located '-therein, Y'a removablev cover. adapted to be puncturedi'nline with the tube,'arbandage wrapped spirally aroundsaid tube, i and sections of corrugated Ymaterialinserted be-V v tween adjacent'spires of the`=bandage and of substantially the same width therewith, the closed jend ofthe 4container 'being provided with channels lfor distributing liquid from the tubetto all thespires ofthe bandage,` andv corrugated material 'interwound l therewith, l ED'MUND MORSE PN'D. t

Witnesses: Y

HENRY HQtoss, JULIA DoUGLAss, 

